It is not mentioned in the release notes, but UC Surface 2.8 has introduced a rename button for Mute Groups and Quick Scenes. But first you see that the preset buttons are not labeled any longer. You need to press the rename button and give a name to the selected button. It's a litle confusing, but it works...

Also new in UC Surface 2.8 is the panning function for Tape In and Digital Return. I personally don't think I will ever use this function and I have never seen this listed as feature request, but they are "new features"... On the other hand I don't see the announced "fix" with "Contrast improvements in options dialog with light theme". For me the choice in UC Surface is dark or light with fixed settings. It was different a few versions ago.I suppose this feature is now exclusive to Series III.

Today I had time to check UC 2.8 with my beta test set (RM32AI, CS18AI, iPad2) and I see that there are labels for Mute Groups ("Mute Gropus 1-8") and Quick Scenes ("Mix Scenes 1-8"). So you need to have the beta firmware installed to see the labels again.

I also checked panning. It works. Still I have no idea what to use this feature for. There is a small trick: When returns are mono/centered, doubleclick on the panning window. Panning will automatically expand to "100 %" (left & right) again.